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Newspaper
The Indian Chieftain
Location
Vinita, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1901
Page
2
The edition discusses the South McAlester townsite map approval and early appraisals, M K and T orders for 17 locomotives, and efforts for a northern railway post office. It notes Vinita prospects, Cherokee Nation politics, oil leases, and opposition to Bob Owen and his allies. The piece calls for Cherokee representation and criticizes conflicts over legal appointments.
A columnist condemns the jailing of Crazy Sooke and about forty followers in Mun kogee jail. The piece argues for their release, citing broken treaties, government misdeeds, and calls for explanation and return to their homes, urging protest from Indian Territory and Christendom.
The conference committee report on the Cherokee agreement calls for a public vote within sixty days after congressional approval. Most qualified Cherokee voters appear set to reject the treaty, with opposition centering on loss of tribal autonomy and internal divisions among factions and leaders.
The Flynn bill authorizes creating eleven counties at Kiowa and Comanche reserve sites with a county seat and a court house budgeted up to 10000 dollars. It provides for surveying subdividing and platting townsites to offer land at public auction and directs receipts to fund a court house bridges roads and other improvements while preserving county government funding until taxes are collected. Numbered officials will be appointed by the territorial governor and hold offices until elected successors qualify.
Washington reports a conference committee unity on Cherokees and Creeks treaties, eliminating mineral levies and exporting terms. Bills may affect citizenship for civilized tribes and water works funding. Editors warn readers to preserve context for future examination and potential corrections.
A fragmented dispatch cites lobbyists Dick Adame and Bob Owen as the focal figures in a broad critique of representation. The Standard questions their authority over Cherokee affairs and broader political reach, while contrasting past claims with current limits.
Frisco road officials tested artesian water east of the depot grounds to assess suitability for cooling and use by the company. Initial reports varied with some engineers noting possible water quality issues and others confirming clearer results for potential permanent storage tanks.
Henry Conklin a farmer, about 70, died after a week of illness following a fight with his son Sam on Lightning Creek road. Found by Clint Beott and his brother, he was chilled and shortly after suffered pneumonia. His widow is overwhelmed with grief.
The federal court adjourned for the term after noon with Judge Gill praising jurors and court officers for courteous, diligent service. Attending attorneys spoke highly of all involved as cases were cleared from the civil docket. Local notes mention visiting friends, schoolhouse services, pleasant gatherings, and residents recovering from mumps and smallpox.
Agitation in the city over reviving racing with a fair in June or July and a week of events at the track. Trainers and owners, including Richard Combe and W. H. Gee, showcase several standard bred and thoroughbred horses. Meanwhile editors denounce the Curtis and Dawes era schemes affecting Cherokee land rights, warned against dubious preemption provisions, and critique a commission seen as favoring townsite speculators over tribal interests.
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